Eames mania is everywhere you look today, no doubt in part to the release of a new documentary on design's most famous couple. Eames: The Architect and the Painter was released in late 2011 in a small theater run, and then aired on PBS as part of their American Masters series. It is a fascinating in depth look at Charles and Ray as individuals and as a working couple, with questions about their contributions to both the design projects and the marriage. They were both on their own visionary artists, but together they were a force to be reckoned with, and this film does a great job at going into their studio and exposing the ideas behind the legends. And since Charles and Ray were also very articulate, we thought we would post some of their more thought provoking quotes. There is even a book called "100 Quotes by Charles Eames", published by Eames Office. Check out both the book and the film, while cozy in your Eames designed lounge chair and ottoman. And if you are in LA, don't get cozy yet, there is an ongoing exhibit at the A+D Museum called Eames Words, on view until February 20th.
Ray:
- "What works good is better than what looks good, because what works good lasts".
Charles:
- "The details are not the details. They make the design".
- "Recognizing the need is the primary condition for design".
- "Whoever said pleasure wasn't functional?"
- "Art resides in the quality of doing, process is not magic".
- “It is not easy to do something good, but it is extremely difficult to do something bad".
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